Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba - Hardback

Patrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists. But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization. What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle? Were masculinist biases re-inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist? Through analysis of Lumumba s writings and speeches, the life stories of women activists, and literary and cinematic works, Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba challenges male-centered interpretations of Congolese nationalism and illustrates how generic conventions both reinforced and undercut gender bias in representations of Lumumba and his female contemporaries.

• | Author: K. Bouwer
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 247 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0230615570
• | ISBN-13: 9780230615571